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Boiler Safety
Safety valve
Important Points
Heating Surface :
That side of the boiler surface exposed to the products of combustion,
exclusive of super-heating surface.The areas to be considered for this
purpose are tubes, fire-boxes, shells, tube sheets & the projected area
of the headers.
Sequence of Safety valves Blowing:
The super-heater safety valves should always be set at a lower
pressure than the drum safety valve ,so as to ensure steam flow
through the super-heater at all times. If the drum safety valve blows
first, the super-heater could be starved of cooling steam, leading to
possible super-heater tube overheating & rupture.
Important Points
Re-heater Safety valves :
The capacity of re-heater safety valves can not be included in the total
safety valve capacity required for the boiler & super-heater.The
relieving capacity of re-heater safety valve must not be less than 15 %
of the required total on the header. The total capacity on the re-heater
must be at least equal to the maximum steam flow for which the reheater is designed . One SV must be on the re-heater outlet.
Installation of Safety valves:
Every safety valve shall be connected so as to stand in an up-right
position with spindle vertical.